Still pity the grass and trees

Ji Tanyin was taking a nap in the middle of the day, and a burst of sweet smell entered his nose, arousing the glutton. He opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a bunch of bright red candied haws dangling in front of his eyes. "Master!" Ji Tanyin woke up immediately, got up from the bed, and stretched out her white arms like tender lotus root to grab the candied haws.

"Little slacker, your master has been yelling all the time and you still don't wake up! Get out of bed quickly!" Ji Heng raised his hands high, looked at the little apprentice with a pair of smiling eyes, and stepped back towards the door step by step, teasing him: "If you want to eat, come here take!"

Ji Tanyin jumped out of bed anxiously, ignoring her shoes, and chased after Master with her short legs. The two chased each other out of the wooden house. When they reached the edge of the vegetable garden, Ji Tanyin couldn't grab the candied haws, and cried as soon as he squinted his mouth "Master, I want to eat!"

The mistress smiled and bent over: "Just give it to him, look at how pitiful he is!"

"Crybaby," Ji Heng squatted down, and stuffed the half-sunburned candied haws into Ji Tanyin's hands, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore."

"I never cried when I was practicing martial arts," Ji Tanyin sniffed, eagerly biting a hawthorn, the sweet and sour taste made him burst into laughter immediately. "Master," he handed the candied haws to Ji Heng's lips, "you eat one too!"

Ji Heng smiled, he was still very young under the sun, and his whole body was shining brightly: "Will you give it to me?"

Ji Tanyin nodded heavily: "Yes!"

Ji Heng lowered his head, his voice changed: "Tan'er, what are you doing?"

Ji Tanyin was puzzled, and when he took a closer look, the master suddenly aged several decades, with white hair flying around, red eyes, and dimples on his face.And the candied haws in his hand turned into Yingxue Sword at some point, piercing through Ji Heng's chest...

"Master!" Ji Tanyin woke up profusely sweating, gasping for breath in the dark, the pillow was wet.

Almost instinctively, he turned over to the right, looking for the familiar warm support, and said in panic: "Xie Wufeng, I just had a nightmare, dreaming——"

Except for the cold bedding and bed curtains, Ji Tanyin didn't touch anything under her hands. As if struck by lightning, Ji Tanyin closed her mouth in a daze, and lay down in the dark for a while, the scene that she bumped into yesterday came before her eyes belatedly.The dull pain in my heart was not as full of resentment as it was yesterday, but it was deeper and longer, giving Ji Tanyin the illusion that the pain would last forever.He didn't feel sleepy anymore, he sat up with the brocade quilt folded, and looked out of the window in a daze.

The sky has turned dark blue, and the sun will rise soon.The early birds flapped their wings and uttered a few crisp chirps.Listening to the birdsong, Ji Tanyin felt even more sad, they were all in pairs, but he was alone!

An hour later, when the sky was bright, Xiaoyu brought hot water and towels, and knocked on the door cautiously.Ji Tanyin put on her clothes and agreed sullenly: "Come in."

Xiaoyu pushed open the door, bowed her knees to greet him, her footsteps were very light, for fear of disturbing a speck of dust, and she looked at Ji Tanyin with comfort and sympathy in her eyes.She put down the washbasin, pulled up her sleeves, and wanted to serve Ji Tanyin to wash up.Such deliberate caution made Ji Tanyin embarrassed, as if being humiliated in public, and it was inconvenient to refute the other party's good intentions, so she forced herself to evade with a smile: "Don't bother sister Xiaoyu, I will do it myself."

Seeing his dark circles and red eye sockets, Xiaoyu felt pity for her little brother, and said softly, "If you don't want to go out, I'll bring you breakfast to your room."

The more gentle and considerate she was, the more irritable Ji Tanyin became, and the dull pain in her heart seemed to be ignited, burning hot. "No need, you go out." After finishing speaking with a cold face, he felt that his tone was too rough, and added stiffly: "Thank you."

Xiaoyu knew the complexion and quietly backed away.Ji Tanyin walked to the washstand, put her black hair behind her head with her right hand, took a deep breath, and buried her face in the warm water.The large swath of wetness reminded him of a cold night when Xie Wufeng's poison of the demon tree broke out, and he thought that the other party was going to die, so he cried and burst into tears.

What a fool!Ji Tanyin scolded herself, suddenly the tip of her nose became sore, and thought, why did Xie Wufeng treat him like this?

After washing his face, he sat down in front of the mirror in a daze, and sloppily tied up his long hair.He had always been wearing the silver hairpin given by Xie Wufeng, but now that the hairpin was gone, he casually searched for a wooden hairpin and inserted it.

On an autumn morning, the air is fresh and crisp.Ji Tanyin was afraid of seeing people, so he walked against the wall all the way.When he arrived at the stable in the backyard, he saw Zhuifeng pawing his hooves leisurely, so he couldn't help shouting.Chasing the wind to understand human nature, the horse's head poked out from the fence and arched into Ji Tanyin's arms.Ji Tanyin combed its mane again and again, and Zhuifeng closed his eyes comfortably, with bursts of hot air from his nostrils.After a while, Ji Tanyin patted the horse's neck, took a step back, grabbed a handful of hay from the vat beside him, sniffed it after the wind, and chewed it excitedly.

The muffled sound of "squeak, squeak" startled Chayue who was lying next door. He stood up on all fours, shook the debris on his body, and wanted to eat grass.

Ji Tanyin ignored it and just fed her horse handfuls.Chasing the moon neighed mournfully, the horse's long and narrow face squeezed into the gap between the logs, foaming from its mouth, it looked pitiful.Ji Tanyin fed Zhuifeng, carried a wooden bucket to Zhuiyue, and picked up a bundle of hay.He wanted to give or not, Zhuiyue stretched his neck anxiously, Ji Tanyin got angry when he saw it, and raised his hand to knock on the horse's head.

It was just uncontrollable anger.After hitting him a few times, the grievance in my heart not only failed to be relieved, but became more violent, and the pain was so painful that I didn't know what to do.

"Xiao Ji, it's so early." Hua Yueying stopped ten steps away and greeted him.

With pricks on his back, Ji Tanyin responded indiscriminately, not daring to turn around to look at her, and roughly stuffed the fodder into Zhuiyue's mouth, pretending to focus on feeding the horse.He held his breath and pricked up his ears, but Hua Yueying didn't intend to leave, and just stood there.After a while, I heard her say: "Don't be sad, I have driven that prostitute back to Jingzhou, making her face the wall and thinking about it. The two of them are not here for real, they are just playing around."

Ji Tanyin remained silent, just feeding the horse with his head down.

Li Cheng also got his elder brother's orders, and has been around Ji Tanyin all day long, being his pistachio.The child was full of energy, so he only shot a few arrows, and then clamored to catch the chicken. It was all up to his heart.Ji Tanyin was afraid that Li Chengyi would be injured, so he ran around the yard with him. He was already depressed, but after such a toss, he was exhausted physically and mentally, and complained: "Chengyi, I don't usually see you so naughty. What are you planning today?"

Li Cheng also made a grimace, he was also paralyzed from exhaustion, laying on Ji Tanyin's lap basking in the sun, puffing out his cheeks, exhaling "Puff".After Ji Tanyin's questioning, she gradually calmed down, and seriously considered the truth that there must be a demon if something abnormal happens.Over the past few months, I have been with Xie Wufeng day and night, every bit of warmth does not seem to be fake, and Ming Yan has been in the mansion for some time, how could he hook up without warning?Still in the garden!Although the rumors say that he is playful, but he can't treat himself as a fake...

Ji Tanyin shook his head, he was very upset, while defending Xie Wufeng, he despised himself for being humble.In the evening Li Chengyang returned to Dongkuayuan, Ji Tanyin called him into the room, and Ai Ai talked about his conjecture during the period.Li Cheng was also lying on the side, already fast asleep, his white belly was exposed, his mouth was half open, drooling.Li Chengyang covered his younger brother with a thin quilt, sat down under the oil lamp, and frowned at Ji Tanyin.Recently, the two brothers and sisters have rarely had such a quiet time to talk about their thoughts. Looking at each other, they both have a strange feeling.

"You mean, Master killed Tang Lianwei and his wife by mistake, and Mingyan might be a descendant of the Tang family?"

Ji Tanyin nodded, looking at him anxiously and hesitantly.

Li Chengyang denied without hesitation: "Impossible! Even if Xie Wufeng wants to check Mingyan's identity, as for using...that method? You don't want to find excuses to excuse him, how many times will you suffer?"

Ji Tanyin couldn't convince himself at all, and now his face was ashen, he turned his head and remained silent.

"Who did you hear about the Tangjiabao murder case? Is it credible?"

"Uncle Huang said that he went to Sichuan to investigate this matter, who knows..."

"Why didn't you tell me and dad earlier?"

"Firstly, I'm not sure, and secondly, Uncle Huang won't allow us to talk about it. Now, your father is looking for a martial arts leader, so he probably doesn't care about these old things. Besides, Uncle Huang is dead, and all the clues are cut off."

Li Chengyang knew what he said was reasonable, and sighed deeply.After a moment of silence, he said abruptly, "Actually, I don't want Dad to be the leader of the alliance."

Ji Tanyin nodded imperceptibly: "I understand."

The crackling sound of the lamps and candles echoes the dull chirping of insects in the grass, and when I hear it in my ears, I feel infinite loneliness.Li Chengyang poured a cup of cold tea, touched his lips, and put it down again.

Ji Tanyin said: "I dreamed about Master last night..."

"Master", what a warm and heavy word.Li Chengyang was aroused with melancholy, and whispered: "Master."

Called softly, but there was no text.

"Yemo, there is still no news in these two days?"

"Ah."

"If he keeps dormant like this, will Xiyan Villa, Hengshan School and others let him go?"

Ji Tanyin knew very well that this idea was selfish, and that dozens of innocent lives could not be wiped out easily, but emotionally, he also couldn't hope for the death of his master.

"Eldest Young Master!" The door of the wing room rang "Dong Dong", and Gui San called out from outside the door.

"Slow down!" Li Chengyang hastily scolded.

Gui San tiptoed in, bowed to Ji Tanyin, leaned into Li Chengyang's ear, and said mysteriously and triumphantly, "Master, it's done, tomorrow evening."

"Really?" Li Chengyang grabbed his clothes, couldn't hide his joy, and stumbled, "She...she, will, will you see me?"

"Really, Miss Zhai's personal servant girl, Xin Ling, said that the girl seemed to be reluctant, and scolded our bodyguard all the way."

"Well, that girl has always hated me." Li Chengyang's heart was full of joy, his eyes that had been darkened by lovesickness these days suddenly lit up, he pushed Gui San away, so excited that he was at a loss, he picked up the cold tea on the table and drank it down , I felt calmer.

Ji Tanyin watched from the side, both envious and sad, and asked: "Brother, who do you want to see tomorrow?"

Li Chengyang raised the corner of his mouth, laughing at Ji Tanyin's question knowingly. "Father wholeheartedly wants to marry Master Ming, but you also know that I have someone in my heart."

"Miss Zhai is really that beautiful? Are you going to elope with her?"

This question was straightforward, and Li Chengyang was so excited that he opened his mouth to give an affirmative answer, and when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.After thinking for a while, he hesitated and couldn't make up his mind: "I don't know."

The education he received since he was a child can be summed up in the words "filial piety" and "righteousness". Even if he doesn't like it in every way, the heavy responsibility of the Xiongtu Escort has already been woven into his blood. A bone-like pain.After much deliberation, there was only one sentence to explain, "No matter what, I want an answer."

Li Chengyang left with his sleeping brother in his arms, and the room became deserted and empty again.Ji Tanyin tossed and turned on the bed, took out the silk silk left by Huang Chiu and the rosewood token that he touched at the beginning, and frowned for a while.Gradually, a sense of powerlessness swept over him. He felt like a poor worm caught in a spider's web. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape.

The last bit of candle burned out, and with a poof, the flame went out.For a while, the eyes could not adapt to the darkness, Ji Tanyin subconsciously touched Xie Wufeng's shoulder.He didn't wake up until the various furnishings of the room emerged from the darkness as vague outlines.

The answer, he recalled Li Chengyang's words, he also wanted an answer.

The next day, Li Conning took Wan Kezhang, Hua Yueying and several brothers to visit Xuandaomen.Ji Tanyin played with Li Chengyi for half a day, but she was always in a state of uneasy mood, and told the little ghost to win two chess games.Li Chengyang hid in the room after lunch, changing several sets of clothes in order to meet his sweetheart, he was so nervous that he couldn't rest, his hands were sweaty.When the sun was westward, he packed up and went out for the appointment.Li Cheng was climbing a tree to pick sweet-scented osmanthus, condescendingly, he saw the well-dressed but sneaky eldest brother at a glance, and shouted: "Brother, where are you going?"

Li Chengyang turned his head, the setting sun hit his face directly, dyeing his facial features warm yellow, he raised his index finger and gave a "shush", coaxing: "Don't worry about it, I'll buy you a sugar man when I come back!"

Li Cheng also nodded in a serious manner, watched his brother out of Dongkuayuan, then folded two sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in his hands, and asked Ji Tanyin under the tree with a smile: "Brother Ji, did my elder brother go on a date?"

Ji Tanyin was noncommittal, and asked, "How can you see it?"

Li Cheng also recited poems rigidly: "On the willow's head on the moon, it's after dusk! I also read!"

Ji Tanyin smiled, and Li Chengyi asked again: "Why did Master leave? He hasn't taught me every move yet!"

Xie Wufeng and Mingyan's love affair, the servants did not dare to break their mouths in front of the young master, fearing that he would be punished by the head of the house, so Li Cheng didn't know about it, he just pretended that the two had quarreled, and said to Ji Tanyin: "Don't be angry with him, what if he finds a new wife? I don't like new ones, I only like you."

Tong Yanwuji poked the wound all at once, Ji Tanyin said anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense, he will look for it if he wants it, what does it have to do with me?"